About
Nick August-Perna is a New York–based filmmaker and documentary editor. His projects have enjoyed international theatrical release, and aired on National Geographic, PBS, and HBO. Among the works he has edited, directed, or produced: Colliding Dreams, a three-hour history of Zionism that opened in theaters in March 2016; a 2012 documentary for National Geographic on the world’s polluted oceans; and The Swell Season, a 2011 feature-length documentary about Academy Award-winning musicians Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova that won awards internationally and was released theatrically in the U.S. and overseas. Nick also edited the Emmy-nominated short film Delano Manongs: Forgotten History of the United Farmworkers.
Filmography
Tell Them You Love Me2023 · Director
The Oxy Kingpins2021 · Producer, Director
Knife Skills2017 · Editor, Co-Producer
Sacred2016 · Editor
The Ruins of Lifta2016 · Editor
Colliding Dreams2015 · Editor
The Delano Manongs: Forgotten Heroes Of The United Farm Workers Movement2014 · Editor
Birders: The Central Park Effect2012 · Director of Photography
The Swell Season2012 · Editor, Director








